Strauss

Strauss is the 2,701st most common surname in the United States, shared by 13,031 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 22,900.

By the numbers

People: 13,031
Rank: 2,701st
How common: 1 in 22,900
Per 100,000: 4.4

Where the name comes from

Origin German

Borrowed from German Strauss.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Strauss described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 90.8%
Hispanic or Latino 3.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.6%
Black, not Hispanic 1.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Strauss

Richard Strauss (1864–1949)German composer and orchestra director
Johann Strauss II (1825–1899)Austrian composer
Johann Strauss I (1804–1849)Austrian Romantic composer
Levi Strauss (1829–1902)German-Jewish-born American businessman
Leo Strauss (1899–1973)History of Political Philosophy scholar
David Strauss (1808–1874)German theologian
Franz Josef Strauß (1915–1988)German politician
Joseph Strauss (1827–1870)Austrian composer

People named Strauss with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Strauss

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.